NDLI: Intrathymic function of the human cortical epithelial cell surface antigen gp200-MR6: single-chain antibodies to evolutionarily conserved determinants disrupt mouse thymus development

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Author	Palmer, D. B. Crompton, T. Marandi, M. B. George, A. J. T. Ritter, M. A.
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	The mouse monoclonal antibody MR6 recognizes a 200 000 MW protein (gp200-MR6), which is expressed highly on human thymic cortical epithelial cells. The antigen is also expressed on some epithelial tumours and we have previously shown that MR6 inhibits the proliferation of the colon carcinoma cell lines HT29. However, the role of this molecule in the thymus is not known. In order to generate reagents that could be used in murine thymic functional studies we isolated antibodies specific to human gp200-MR6, using a phage display library expressing single-chain (sFv) antibodies. Three independent clones were isolated by panning with purified protein and their specificity was confirmed by immunohistochemistry, Western blotting and flow cytometry. In addition to human thymus, these phage antibodies also recognized the homologous antigen in mouse, pig and other species. Expressed as soluble sFv one of these clones inhibited the proliferation of HT29 cells and a mouse thymic epithelial cell line, suggesting that this antibody exhibits similar functional activity to MR6. In fetal thymic organ culture, thymocytes recovered from thymic lobes cultured in the presence of this sFv, were reduced in number fivefold compared with the control and the majority remained at the double-negative stage of development. These data indicate that gp200-MR6 plays an important role in thymocyte development. In addition, this is the first report to demonstrate that specific sFv can be used to study, and alter, thymic development. This work also highlights the advantage of phage antibody technology in selecting such reagents for functional assays.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00691.x
Ending Page	245
Page Count	10
Starting Page	236
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00192805
e-ISSN	13652567
Journal	Immunology
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	96
Language	English
Publisher	Blackwell Science Inc
Publisher Date	1999-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Blackwell Science Inc
Subject Keyword	Immunology Immunology and Allergy Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Immunology and Allergy Immunology

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